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Activision and Treyarch released a new gameplay focused trailer today for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Specifically, this video focuses on the Blackout battle royale coming with the game.

As you may recall, yesterday we saw what the full Blackout map looks like. It seems as though this is all leading up nicely to the Blackout beta that begins on Monday, September 10 on the PS4. The PC and Xbox One will get to hop into the beta starting on Friday, September 14. More information...

Charlie INTEL has pieced together the full battle royale map that will be used for the Blackout mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. I say "pieced together" because Activision and Treyarch were sending out direct messages to a number of Call of Duty communities with small sections of the overall map. Those communities then shared the media they were sent with the world, typically through Twitter posts. It took a bit of time, but it looks like all of the pieces finally fell into place. Thi...

Some details about Blackout, the battle royale mode coming with Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 are starting to come out this week courtesy of the October issue of Game Informer. So far some of the highlights include word that the beta will support 80 players though the final version is looking to target 100 players. They have already done internal tests with 100 players. Well, color me surprised. If they can pull it off, I will be genuinely impressed since the Call of Duty multiplayer games aren'...

EA and DICE just announced that they have pushed back the release date for Battlefield V until November 20, 2018. This places the release at a period that's about one month after its originally planned October 19 release date.

General manager of DICE Oskar Gabrielson, made the announcement today with a lengthy explanation as to the reason why.
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According to the multiplayer portion of the Battlefield V website, the co-op focused "Combined Arms" mode for the game will be released after the game's launch.

This mode joins the battle royale mode as being yet another piece of content that won't be ready for Battlefield V's launch on October 19. Hell, for a long time there, it was also rumored that the much discussed Grand Operations mode would also miss the October launch as well, but DICE was quick to squash that piece of...

PC players will get to play the Blackout (battle royale) mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 starting on September 14 at 10AM (PT). Those looking for an open beta will have to wait just one day for the 15th to roll around.

This information comes from a new tweet from the official Treyarch Twitter....

If you want to know if your beastly rig will be able to handle all of the intense, in your face action that is the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 beta, you've come to the right place. Activision announced the minimum and recommended system specs that you will want to have for the PC multiplayer beta that begins this weekend.
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Today, a new trailer came out to get you hyped for the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta.

Please be excited for the beta. If you aren't excited yet, maybe this will change your mind.
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In case you were dying to know more about the story in the upcoming Zombies mode for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, you're in luck.
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Last week, Treyarch revealed the dates for the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer betas, whichinclude both the early access betas and open betas.

PlayStation 4 players will be able to get an early jump on the action with an exclusive beta that runs from August 3 through August 6. An open beta for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One runs from August 10 through August 13. The PC will have an early access beta starting on August 10 with an open beta beginning August 11.
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While Battlefield V is going the route of ditching the Premium Pass nonsense, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is going full steam ahead with another Season Pass. As you may already expect, it includes more multiplayer maps and Zombies stuff. Well, you can't very well add in any single player DLC when the game doesn't have any single player to begin with. Cue the tapping head meme image here. Let's take a look at the planned DLC after we take a look at the various editions that are being...

While Battlefield V is going the route of ditching the Premium Pass nonsense, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 is going full steam ahead with another...

According to statements listed on the GameStop Germany page for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the beta will begin in August. In addition, the PC version will have an open beta.

The site says that the launch of the private beta for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions will take place in August. It goes on to say that the PC release will not need beta codes because the PC beta in particular will be "open" for all Battle.net players.
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According to statements listed on the GameStop Germany page for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, the beta will begin in August. In addition, the PC version...

The proof is in the pudding and the pudding says that Call of Duty players don't give a damn about single player campaigns. Activision announced today that the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 reveal event was the most watched reveal event in the history of the Call of Duty franchise.
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